Thursday, October 21, 2010

Steve Taylor on the Preaching of the Early Church

This is worth checking out if you have an interest in preaching, Steve suggests missionary, apologetic, mystic, theological and homiletical as categories of preaching in the first centuries of the early church, each context and circumstance specific, and challenges us to examine our own preaching and definitions of biblical preaching in light of that.

2 comments:

  1. Hmmm. mystic. That's an interesting category.

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  2. Yes, I think Steve used that to refer to a more existentialist/experiential approach, as opposed to a more cerebral style.

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